Casey Kelly is a 19 year old baseball phenom who is apparently so good at pitching, it bores him. At the age of 18 he possessed the power to make a major league baseball team offer a compromise in order to keep him in baseball. Kelly passed up the opportunity to play quarterback for the University of Tennessee to sign with the Boston Red Sox. The Compromise: "play shortstop in 2008, then pitch the first half of 2009 before returning to shortstop in the second half."
As for his pitching; In over 95 innings at two levels of Class A he put up a 2.08 earned-run average as well as averaging a nearly 5-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. According to an article on Kelly in Yahoo Sports!, he threw six perfect innings sitting 18 hitters in 60 pitches. He seems to be the real deal as a pitcher.
According to his father, former major league catcher Pat Kelly, Casey is a better position player than pitcher. So far, his stats have told a different story. He has the size (6'3-194lbs.) and athleticism but striking out 34 times out of 98 at-bats isn't going to get it done in the majors.
Below is the link to the article on Yahoo Sports!
If anyone has more news/stats on Kelly or has seen him play please comment.
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